Got a call today to get off Scripps College’s wait list. She has accepted at Boston University. Think BU is down to about 30% acceptance rate; Scripps has been about 27%, though I”ve heard it would be less (like the other Claremonts) were it co-ed. Bonuses are it’s SoCal which she loves (we're in the San Francisco area, though she turned down 3 other SoCal schools--Pepperdine in Malibu closest in acceptance rate to Scripps), it’s part of the Consortium so there are boys and more people than just 900 other girls as Scripps has (about 5,000 and other 4 schools co-ed, share library and science labs, I believe). But it’s liberal arts (vs. research institute at Boston), she worries re science/research. She can take some classes at the other 4 schools. She worries Claremont is isolated (just like Pepperdine). We'd get her a car sooner than in Boston, of course. Is there any cache to be at the Claremont Consortium (Claremont McKenna, Pomona, Scripps, Harvey Mudd) in prestige. Sorry to ask it like that, but it's one of the (potential) draws. Probably better for science/research (possible medical) and jobs/internships in Boston where she'd be in the heart of things, college town, booming place. Any thoughts much appreciated. She has a few days to decide. Money about the same, so not an issue.
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